definition of "Rogue States"

In the 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a

small number of rogue states that, while different

in important ways, share a number of attributes.

These states:

• brutalize their own people and squander their national resources for the personal gain of the rulers;

• display no regard for international law, threaten their neighbors, and callously violate international treaties to which they are party;

• are determined to acquire weapons of mass destruction, along with other advanced military technology, to be used as threats or offensively to achieve the aggressive designs of these regimes;

• sponsor terrorism around the globe; and

• reject basic human values and hate the United States and everything for which it stands.

So we're a "rogue state" now? Ooooh, sounds exotic! I feel like Han Solo.